The scourge of herdsmen attacks in and around farming communities in Nigeria has recently reached a disturbing crescendo. This has been reflected in national discourse. The issue is heightened, this time, by immutable facts. But while these facts may be insufficient to make reasoned conclusions, they are enough to bring an unstable nation to the brink of an all-out ethno-religious war from which it may never recover. For anyone wondering how the seemingly harmless matter of cattle rearing is setting… Read more